Moa (disambiguation)

Moa are extinct giant flightless birds native to New Zealand.

Moa or MOA may also refer to:

Animals

• Moa-nalo, an extinct group of aberrant duck native to Hawaii

Places

• Moa, Cuba, town in the Holguín Province of Cuba
• Moa, Indonesia, one of the Leti Islands in Maluku province
• Moa, Niger, town and commune in Niger
• Moa Island, Queensland, island 90km North of Thursday Island Queensland, Australia
• Moa River, river in Sierra Leone
• SM Mall of Asia, abbreviated as MOA, a mall in Manila, Philippines
• Mall of America, abbreviated as MOA, a mall in Minnesota, United States

People

Surname

• Anika Moa (born 1980), New Zealand singer-songwriter
• Eber Moas (born 1969), football player from Uruguay
• Taniela Moa (born 1985), Tongan rugby player
• Samuela Moa (born 1986), Tongan rugby player
• Pío Moa (born 1945), Spanish writer and journalist
• Iyasus Mo'a (1214-1294), saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Given Name

• Mohammed Abdellaoue (born 1985), Norwegian football player nicknamed "Moa"
• Moa Martinson (1890-1964), Swedish author

Ships

• Moa class patrol boat, class of patrol boats built between 1978 and 1985 for the Royal New Zealand Navy
• HMNZS Moa (P3553), New Zealand Navy patrol boat
• HMNZS Moa (T233), New Zealand Navy minesweeper

Science & Math

• Magnetic Field Oscillating Amplified Thruster, a novel propulsion system with several terrestrial applications
• Manner of articulation (linguistics)
• Mechanism of action, the means by which a drug exerts its biological effects
• Migraine without aura
• Methoxyacrylate, an inhibitor of the cytochrome bc₁ complex
• Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics group, group of astrophysicists in hope of finding exoplanets
• Minute of arc, a term relating to angular measurement; known as Minute of Angle in firearms

Other

• Method of administration, in medicine
• Moa Anbessa, an album by Getatchew Mekuria
• Matching on action, a film editing technique
• Making of America, a digital library project of the University of Michigan and Cornell University
• Masonic Officers Association, a meeting of the officers of a lodge of Freemasons
• Military operations area, an area where United States military activity takes place, used on Sectional Aeronautical Charts to define boundaries for Military and Civilian Aircraft Flights
• Memorandum of agreement / Memorandum of association
• Mine Owners' Association
• Moscow Airlines, an IACO airline designator

See also

• Moai
• Mower